Gas Station Reports Predawn Robbery

April 14, 1993|The Morning Call

An Allentown service station was robbed before daybreak yesterday by a man wearing a ski mask, police said.

Luis Vazquez, 18, was working at Rudy's Texaco, 2050 Tilghman St., at 4:21 a.m. when a black man about 6 feet tall and weighing 195 pounds walked into the store and pushed him to the floor, police said.

The robber did not show a weapon but told Vazquez if he stayed put, he would not get hurt, police said. Then the robber went around the counter and opened the register and took about $160 and left, police said.

Vazquez did not see a car and could not tell police in which direction the robber fled.

The robber was wearing black gloves, a black ski mask and a green Army jacket and fatigues, police said.

It was the second time in a week that a city gas station was reportedly held up.

Shortly after 10 p.m. April 7, two armed, ski-masked robbers threatened two customers and a clerk at the 19th Street Mobil near Roth Avenue, police said. Those men were described as black and were reportedly wearing black clothing, including hooded sweatshirts, and carrying small handguns. One of the robbers was about 6 feet tall and weighed 220 pounds, and the other was thinner and was wearing blue jeans, police said.